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Mubarak appoints new prime minister, vice president
President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in response to violent nationwide protests, appointed intelligence chief Omar Suleiman as Egypt's first vice president in 30 years,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and also appointed Aviation Minister Ahmad Shafiq as the new prime minister.
"Omar Suleiman has been sworn in as deputy to President Hosni Mubarak," the MENA news agency reported.Suleiman, 74, has been the director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Services since 1993, a position in which he played a prominent public role in diplomacy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], including in Egypt's relations with Israel and the United States.
As Egypt's intelligence chief,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Suleiman was in charge of the country's most important political security files.Also on Saturday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Mubarak appointed Aviation Minister Ahmad Shafiq as the new prime minister and asked him to form a new cabinet.
Egypt's cabinet officially resigned during a meeting following Mubarak's call for them to step down,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Nile television station reported.Tens of thousands of Egyptians defied a curfew and remained on the streets of downtown Cairo on Saturday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], demanding the ouster of Mubarak.
As the protests across Egypt entered a fifth day, the military extended a curfew in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez from 4:00 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) to 8:00 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) the following day.However,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the overnight curfew in Cairo was being ignored by angry protesters who flooded the streets of the sprawling city of 18 million and chanted "Down,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], down,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Mubarak,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," and "Don't believe Mubarak" in defiance of the president's promised reforms.
At least 50,000 protesters gathered in the downtown area near the main Tahrir Square, and some 1,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],000 of them tried to storm the Interior Ministry,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Al Jazeera television reported.The TV station also reported that police opened fire and killed at least three protesters. No immediate confirmation or further details were available.
Protesters rally against WEF meeting in Davos
Some 200 protesters on Saturday rallied here to protest against the ongoing annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF).The protesters, most of them young people,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], gathered at a downtown church near the Davos city railway station. Marching along the streets around the main conference venue,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], they called for the forum to stop empty talk and take practical actions to improve the current state of the world.
Playing loud music and songs, the protesters chanted slogans such as "Anti-WEF,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," "One Solution, One Revolution," "Stop Talking, Take action," "Rebuild World Economy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," "Better Job, Better Life," etc."Over the past forty years, we have spent too much money on the World Economic Forum,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said a protester identified as Urik to Xinhua.
"Davos forum has proved that the world's old policy has failed. We call on the Forum to stop talking, immediately take pragmatic actions to improve global economy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to establish a new world order and restore economic growth and better our lives," Urik said.After nearly two hours, all the protesters peacefully left the main conference site,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which was guarded by the police.